Today, the Design Institute of Australia (DIA)—Australia’s peak national body spearheading the design industry released the shortlist for its inaugural Designers Australia 2021 Awards. An impressive shortlist of 74 entries was announced across the three cross-disciplinary categories—Place, Use, and Interact. The unique awards, a first for the industry identify Australia’s best designers and…

The Australian exhibition for the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale will be launched and exhibited locally for the first time since Australia opened its pavilion in Venice in 1988. Running from 20 May – 21 November 2021, Inbetween, curated by Jefa Greenaway and Tristan Wong, presents a collection of architectural projects and…

A gleaming six-metre high monument inspired by shell fishing hooks handcrafted and used by local Aboriginal women for generations will soon take pride of place high on the lawns overlooking Sydney harbour. Installation of the public artwork, bara, (the Gadigal word for shell hook) by Waanyi artist Judy Watson is…

DP IMMERSIVE today announce their inclusion in the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale with the Virtual Reality (VR) work Shifting Homes by Australian artists Daniel Stricker and Vincent Heimann. The work is one of 10 Australian participants selected for the 2021 Venice Biennale confirmed to represent Australia and the Pacific, curated by Tristan…

The Australian Institute of Architects is today recognising the outstanding efforts of both architectural practitioners and advocates for the profession with the awarding of its 2021 National Prizes. The Institute’s most prestigious honour, the Gold Medal, is awarded this year to the ‘Renaissance man’, Donald (Don) Watson. The jury described Watson,…

Open to the public in early 2021, Riverside Green gives Brisbane’s growing population a new public space in the heart of the city. Designed by Hassell for South Bank Corporation, this new ‘green heart’ of South Bank Parklands supports Brisbane’s leisure and recreation needs at a time when inner-city population…

A beautiful architectural installation, replete with a pink pond evocative of Australia’s inland salt lakes, has been revealed as the winner of the NGV’s 2021 Architecture Commission in the Grollo Equiset Garden at NGV International.     Designed by a Melbourne-based team comprising architecture firm Taylor Knights in collaboration with artist James Carey, the installation, entitled pond[er], offers a space for visitors to cool off during the summer months and reflect on their relationship with the…

The Naomi Milgrom Foundation today announced that the commission for its 2021 MPavilion has been awarded to international architecture, urbanism and design practice, MAP studio (Venice). Led by architects Francesco Magnani and Traudy Pelzel, MAP studio (Venice) will reignite the flame of global collaboration at MPavilion with its iteration of…

The English oak at Castlemaine Botanic Gardens has been named the 2021 Victorian Tree of the Year by the National Trust of Australia (Victoria). Also known as the Royal Oak, the tree was planted in 1863 to celebrate the marriage of the Prince and Princess of Wales. This stunning tree…

The City of Melbourne is taking the first step to deliver the Greenline project to transform Northbank along the Yarra River – Birrarung, with the release of its implementation plan today. The implementation plan is to be considered by City of Melbourne Councillors on Tuesday, with the report outlining the…